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Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Sanskritचीन(cīna), via Middle Persian𐭰𐭩𐭭(čīn, “China”) (cf. Persianچینی(čini, “Chinese; porcelain”)), made, like most other country names, into a feminine 4th-declension noun. The ultimate source is apparently the name of the Qin (or Ch'in, in the Wade-Giles transcription system) dynasty.
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Ķīnas teritorija ir šūpulis vienai no vecākajām civilizācijām pasaulē ― the territory of China is the cradle of one of the oldest civilizations in the world
